A Lot tracking system is a system that records information associated with a batch of product. It could be as simple as knowing what raw material went into a particular batch of product. Lot tracking allows you to track several units of a stock item using the same lot or batch no. A User can determine what can be purchased or sold by Lot status. Expiry dates and user defined statuses allow you to further control the stock item. You cannot sell stock items that have reached or passed their expiry date. Read more…
Material Converters expect to generate a certain amount of byproduct or waste material that is re-used as a material input to subsequent production batches. For these ‘Hybrid’ manufacturers, the traditional inflexible deep Bill-of-Materials discrete manufacturing ERP does not adequately cater for this essential process.
Read here how process (formula-based) ERP systems are uniquely suited to efficiently managing this important aspect of material conversion manufacturing.
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Starting to Lot-track is just not possible right now! This familiar ‘cry-for-help’ masks a profit-sapping problem, and denies an incredible opportunity.
Here’s a simple thought: if you have to identify your inventory by “lots”, its a ‘lot’ easier to find and identify it. That makes obtaining inventory accuracy of 98+% possible.
Whether because of the number of high profile food recalls over recent years, or the original trigger of the Bioterroism Act, both Food Manufacturers and the FDA have increased awareness, inspections and compliance. Yet many manufacturers still see regulatory compliance as a cost and an imposition.
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Having chosen SAP Business One as the financial management solution for their business, Polytex Environmental Inks went looking for a partner solution that would satisfy their requirements for throughput of formulas to production and on to distribution.
They found their answer in BatchMaster Manufacturing, a process-manufacturing ERP solution that loads right into the SAP Business One product.
Like most Ink manufacturers, Polytex plan their bases, and then reformulate for color and application for almost every delivery. BatchMaster Manufacturing allows them to search existing formulas and find the closest match, which they can then easily adjust for the current customer specifications.
Would you rather contend with a sticky accelerator in your car, or eat salmonella-infected peanuts? And would you trust the systems that produced the cars to protect you from the peanuts?
Many writers have argued that ‘Discrete’ manufacturing software can adequately fulfill the role of managing a genuine ‘Process’ manufacturing enterprise, yet there remains one vital area where discrete functionality fails to deliver – COMPLIANCE.
Read how true ‘Process ERP’ solutions ensure full compliance where it really counts – on the factory floor!
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